Comments on: BMW 328i Convertible: Rough Going In Gotham

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:03:53 +0000

Not at all surprised by your experience, fat, low profile tires and sports suspensions are nice track day items but make daily driving unpleasant.

Make sure you tell us when you break a wheel.

By: Distiller

Distiller — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:26:15 +0000

No more anon posts? Well, ok then.

On topic: Wonder why they even bother to offer these extra stiff settings in the U.S. Cadillac STS/CTS-esque stiffness is about the reasonable maximum, in my experience. Even in Germany and other Europe you hardly ever can use their potential. Maybe an autobahn on ramp now and then. That’s it. Not worth the hard jolts the rest of the day. (Don’t want to start about Russian roads and what they do to stiff German suspensions here … Poor cars with mercyless drivers!)

By: Gunnar

Gunnar — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:05:21 +0000

The 3 did have a run flats which likely did contribute greatly to the jarring ride. The improving technology needs to shift into sixth gear.

By: steane

steane — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:43:38 +0000

Youch…are both Bimmers equipped with run flats? Standard fitment for Oz spec cars are runflat tyres and there have been plenty of complaints about the ride quality these tyres don’t provide.

Although, the technology is improving.